Some of the Bradley Revit Family Components are created as Face-Based families, so they will "attach" to wall, floor or ceiling surfaces.
Bradley does NOT create wall, floor or ceiling hosted Revit families. They are either stand-alone (non-hosted) or face-based families.
HOME Tab: View\Insert Component Command
INSERT Tab: Load Revit Family Into Project
You have 3 Options when you Load/Insert a Bradley Face-Based Revit Family into a Revit Project.
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Your first and most important consideration, make sure you are in a Plan View.
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ALL 3 options will display in the Revit Ribbon when you are in a PLAN View and inserting/placing the component.
Select the Revit COMPONENT command and IF the component is a Face-Based Family;
- these are the 3 OPTIONS that will display in the Revit Ribbon, in the upper right corner of the screen:
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How do I load a Revit Family that has a Revit Catalog?
When a Revit family exceeds 7 family types in the family file (*.rfa); Bradley creates a Revit family catalog file to store the Revit family types. The base Revit family file uses the Revit family catalog file to create the family types (product variations) when it is loaded into the Revit project.
For example, in the article "Revit Pedestal Bench Family Features Nested Array-Family Catalog"; I mentioned that the Revit base file uses a Revit family catalog file to create the numerous variations of the Pedestal Bench.
When a Revit Bradley Pedestal Bench family (RFA) is downloaded, there is another important file that is downloaded with the family file (*.rfa).
This file, is the Pedestal Bench Revit family catalog file. It has the exact same file name as as the RFA file; however it is has a TXT extension.
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Family: Locker_Room_Bench-Pedestal-Bradley_Corp-Lenox_Pedestal.RFA
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Catalog: Locker_Room_Bench-Pedestal-Bradley_Corp-Lenox_Pedestal.TXT
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The catalog file resides in the ZIP file that you download and "unzip" into a folder on your computer.
The Pedestal Bench family catalog file has all 24 of the product options (family types) for the base family file.
>> Results of Locker_Room_Bench-Pedestal-Bradley_Corp-Lenox_Pedestal.TXT <<
Recommended Practices / Guidelines for using Revit Family Files with their Family Catalog file.
1) The Revit family catalog file (*.txt) MUST be saved and remain in the same file folder as its corresponding RFA file.
2) This type of "catalog-based" family MUST be loaded into the project using the project's "Load Family" command.
3) Please do NOT load the family into a Revit project from the Family Editor.
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A Revit Nested Array gives the Bradley Pedestal Bench Revit family the flexibility to display 3 different pedestal placement configurations as the bench is sized to 6 different lengths.
A Revit Family Catalog (*.txt) creates the Revit pedestal bench that has 4 bench widths of, 9-1/2", 12", 18" and 24". The best news, the file size of the Bradley Pedestal Bench Revit family "weighs in" at 350K.
Visit the Bradley Lenox Pedestal Bench Product Page.
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June 30, 2013 marked 2 major milestones created by the Bradley Revit Family Library (1,000+ Revit Families);
- the Bradley Corporation Bradley BIM Initiative celebrated its 4-year milestone of serving a global community of architects, engineers, contractors and facility owners with the Bradley Revit Family Library.
- More than 2.5 million Bradley Revit family models were downloaded from the Bradley Revit Family Library from January 2013 - June 2013.
In June 2009, The Bradley BIM Initiative was launched to provide Revit family models of Bradley's plumbing fixtures and specialty equipment products.
The Bradley BIM Initiative has grown to address the needs and ongoing requirements of Revit BIM-based processes for design and construction organizations.
Here are several ground-breaking milestones achieved by the Bradley BIM Initiative over the last couple years.
January 2011: Bradley began soliciting review and feedback from several government-based entities that were driving BIM standards. This connected Bradley with the US Army Corps of Engineers and the evolving COBie and SPie Initiatives.
March 2011: BradleyBIM.com technical customer service blog was launched to;
- Provide Revit BIM Managers a transparent review of how the Bradley Revit Library components were created
- Inform and technically assist Revit users to leverage Bradley's lean and optimized Revit family library for their organization's project standards.
April 2011: Autodesk Seek started delivering Bradley Revit Models to Revit users from the Autodesk Seek website and through the Autodesk Seek toolbar within Revit software.
January 2012: The Bradley Revit Family Library exceeded 1000 Revit Family models
May 2012: Bradly kicks off a new partnership with e-SPECS to help designers auto-create their specifications as Revit family components are added to the Revit model.
Bradley is grateful for the ideas we've received from the Revit users; that have provided feedback on their experiences with our Revit Families. Their feedback is documented on our Bradley BIM FAQ page.
Please use the Bradley BIM Contact Us Page to send your comments, ideas and suggestions.
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